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NEBRASKA NOTES
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MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS IN
THE COMMON WEALTH.
ABSTRACTS OF THE ASSESSMENT
Eleven Counties Have Thus Far Made
Returns-A Paeklng House for Be.
atrlce-Other Nebraska Matters
Here and There.
LJNCOLN-'rhollgh the stnto hoard
D [ cct..lmllzn.tlon dOCR not meet. until
1ho Ui'.rd . Mondny In , Till ) ' . eleven cOlin'
tics 1111VO nlrendy returned ahslrncta
b [ IlRscssmont alld hy the latter pnrt
of JIUIO It IR holloved nCl\rl ' all of the
counties will ho III. Of thORO rocclvml
by the secretal'y of tJro ! cIlnte bonrd ,
Furnns cOllnl ) ' showB the In.rgost In.
( .renso , $258'li8r , ever the nssessllIen t
or 'Inst yem. . So fILl' not enollgh COIIII'
Uos hn.ve reported to munlwlny I < lnd
of nn accurate nstlmato of what Iho to.
tnl asst'sBlIIont will be. 'fhe hlCl'enso
In most caseR will bo In noW personnl
IIrollorty dllE ; UII nnl ! In Ihe I1npro\'o.
mellts on rel11 estnll' , I1S the IlSleBS' !
ment o [ real ontalo mallo In lJO-l !
stands ( or fOllr ) 'ear , The rnll1'Oul (
pro(1erty ( , with the cxco1ltlon of the In.
crenso or $ OGOOO on the Union Pacific.
will not. Incrcns lho grand ILSseHS'
ment roll. I1S the hoard returncd this
elMs of pruperty ILt the same vnlllo
as IllSt yenr. The addition of the
Oreat Northern clltoJrr odds some
' 300,000 to Iho grnnd tolal. This hns
J10t . horel.oforo been assessed.
Heports from out III the stnto Indl.
cato that CO\v. protcsts are hmng made
by taxllayers ever the IlSlieSSl11ent , and
this Is'talton as nn Indication that Cew
objections wlJl bo made beCoro the
state hoard oC a3sessment. Some re-
blarks may be made to the board to
"ocuro an Incl'clLSo In the assessment
oC some oC the counties. but It Is
Il11.rdly IIroballlo that anr countr will
Rsle ( or a roductlon. Lnncaster couu.
t ) ' wilt llrohn.hl ' try to get Dougln.s
'count ) ' business men Incronsed , ns the
Commerclnl clllb of this city Is of the
ollinlon , n.rtcr n.n Investigation or the
Omaha II.SeSsment , that t.he county
board lhero failed to prollerly appro.
tIBtO : what Omaha merchandise la re.
nllr worth.
Two New Buffalo.
DOHCHESTJm-'I'ho Gilbert parle
on Turlwy Creele , south of { own , has
two recent nddltlons of rare Interest :
two ) 'oun/ / : full hlood hurCalo calves.
They Bre this 'ear's 11loduct : of 11. herd 1
( ) f four old Indlvltluals oWIled ror
many } 'ears hy 1\It' , , John GHbert , who
keeps 11. free porle where ho .has a
dozen red deer alld thirteen sl11endld
, American wailltl , or genernll ) ' termed
ell : , some Angorn. goats and wild
flquatlc few ] ! . , Thill 11l1rle covers n. I
good sized trllct of Ilatlve prairie nnd
01'est where the anhna1s nre very
much at 1101110 , and show Ull as In the
wild stato. The door nro qulto Inter.
estlng 'just now from the fnct that
they are shedding their antlers. the
now ones on several of the wapiti are
just In the velvet.
Church Howe's Art Purchase ,
Church Howe of Nehraslm , Amerl.
. cnn consul general nt Antwerp , wns :
the purchaser of the largest and most
\'alunblo painting ot the seventy.threo
10ft by the celelnated : artist , Andre
Phunot , at 11. recent snle In Antwerp.
The vlcturo wns" Imown ns "Crossing
the Drlage" ( In the Ardennes ) nnd
will bo brought to Nobra.s1m by Mr ,
Howe when ho returns , The Informa.
tlon was contained In the European
.Express , 11. paper published In English
nt Antwerll ,
J. G. Lang Goes to Manila AgaIn.
MADlS N-J. G , Lang , who served
with the First. Nebra.qlm In the Phil.
2pplnes dut'Jug the Spanish-AmerIcan
wnr and has heen In the mall servlco
at this l11aco the pas I. fO\11' } 'eara , re.
elved notlco from Washington of his
appolntmont to a ! Iosltlon In the Phil-
Ipplno department service. He has cle.
chled to accept and will sail for the
islands n.bout August 1. The position
pays $ J ,200 per 'enr.
om n Saved Against Her Will.
NOHFOLK-1\1rs , Chm'leG Eblo , a
widow of three weoles and mother of
fifteen children , h'led to end her lIfo
b ) ' drowning In the NOl.th ForIe rlvor ,
but was rescued , though roslstlng , by
. .John King , n colored man , who chance
-cd to bo fishing a few Ceet f'Om the
1)laco where 1\1rs. Eblo went Into the
rI01' .
Struck by Cars.
PLATTSMOU'l'J\I-Jolm llajecl. , an
old rosldont of this clt ) ' , was strucle
b ) " Missouri Pacific lJassenger train
8nd Instnnl1y lrillod , At the tlmo of
the nceldont the ullfortunnte mun was
crossing the tracle with wheel bar.
. . , row and Cnlled to hear the allll1'oach
of the train. .
Fifty Dollars a Month and Extras.
I will glvo for 11. man of gooll char.
, _ cter as my ngent. Either salesmnn
1armer , m'erchant or banleor mar all
I , 111) ' . Wl'ltO Locle Dox 1521 , 1..lncoln
. ; . "Nobraska.
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) \ . Lincoln Is After Omaha ,
" LINCOLN-Tho huslness 1110n 0 :
Lincoln , so It Is roported. aro01'3
milch exorcised ever the nssessmeUi
.of Omahn. Ilrollert ) ' nnd ther will , 11
. Is nsserted. go before tho" stale boart
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( .and see that the assessmenl. Is In
- < : rcl1sed , The bllslness men sent 11. 111al
to 0111aha to 1001. 0\01' the nnEess
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mont. aud ho r01lOrted Omahn was no
} near high onollgh as C011111UI'ed wItl
the Lincoln morchants. Lnucasto
. couuty will 800n huvo Its report filel
: with the fitato hoard of oquallzatlon
1 Jjhowlng n substantlnl Inereaso.
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OVER THE STATE.
'fho I1nto for hoMing the Sheridan
cOllnly fall' 11.1. Gord.n hns been fixed
f SOlltomber 26 , 26 nnd 27.
Ourt cOllnty will have speelnl 0100-
lion to vole on the quesllon of IsslIlng
bonds 10 build 11. court llouso.
The Ilwelllng hOllso of , r. T. PeteI'll ,
nealrlce , WI1.E1 Rtrucle bJ' lightning and
bUrllell 10 the grollld. together with
Its contents ,
1\IIsR Hnttlo Lillie' . elected state
)1l'cslclent ) of the P . O. at Blue l IlI
recolved an ovation on her retllrn
homo to Genem ,
Sheriff Gillan of Sownrcl county ar.
roslel. ! a presulJlcd horse thief hut
found out later that the slI\I\loled \ \ horse
thloC was lunatic ,
The totnl nSRt'Rsed vnlllalion of the
personal llrO\l'l"ty \ of Sarpr county , ox.
cluslvo of railroads , telephone and tel.
egraph , this ) 'ear IR $ .108,80J. ! Last
real' It WILS $43J,31 ! 0.
An abstrnel11f the n.sHesfmr'R return ! ;
oC Cedar county shows the actual value
oC )1ersoual ) property aB being $ I , G < i4 , .
G81i ns cOlllparell willi $ .1,843,800 In
l101i ! end $ .IJJ3,400 ! In 100-1.
Mr. Nicholson , head boolelccoper of
the Amol'lcnn neet r5ugn.r company In
Graud Inland , will leave In II. ( ow dn.ys
.for Madison , Wls" to join t.ho sugar
compnn ) ' of that city In a lIIco cn.pnclty.
Corol1Cl' Armstrong was caned to
Dellovuo to taleo cha1"go of 11. dead hody
floating In the MissourI rlvor. The
body cOllld nol. bo hlonllned. having the
elothlng 11.1\ \ stripped off nnd beIng so
long In the waleI' .
l\lIIco \ Morrin , 11. resident or Cnss
county , reported to the )1ollco ) In South
Omaha that ho had been slugged by
unlmown llllrllos amI robbed of $ G5
and 11. , : ; old watch by 11. couple of now.
ly.found friends ther. : > ,
AI. Falrnold fund hn.vo been sub.
scribed nnd organlzn.tlop completed for
11. farmers' elevator and grnln company ,
with H. E. McDowell as president : D.
W. Cam"bell. vlco president ; E. T.
.Cowen , secretILr ) ' and F. T. Swanson.
treaRurer.
At Sown.rd WllIlnm Wilcox , thirty.
fi\'o years old , applied to the county
jUdge for 11. IIcenso to marr ) ' Grace
Seaman , 11. girl of fifteen years of ago ,
.Judgo Lcn.venl3 refllnod to .Issuo the
IIcenso on Ihe grounds that the girl
was too ) "oung to marry.
While ho and nn el11plo'e at the
'farlor rauch In Hall connty were tryIng -
Ing to teach II. broncho how to wear II.
bridle , a halter rope hroleo with 0.
snl1.)1 ) and flew with great Corco Into I
Ir. Fngan's face , lH\dl : ; burning the ,
flesh and InjurIng ono e'e ,
WIlliam Dltllng , 11. Gage county
bor , was imdlr cut and bruised n.bout
the bOdy whllo leading a cow. Ho had
tied the rope around his w\lst and
when the nnlmal started to run ho
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was unable to 1"ele:1so : himself. Ho
was dragged about 100 ) 'ards ,
Within the past two ) 'ears Friend has
expended In ( 'hll1'che ' nlono upward ot
$35,000 , as follows : Catholics. $18.000 :
Congregationalists , $5,000 : Daptlsts ,
$5,000 : Methodists , $6,200 : German
l\retholllsts \ , $1,000 , The Methodist
church was dedlcatCll Juno 17.
Survo'ors'ho 11.1'0 . worl.lng on
1'11111'0\11 : line west of Fremont are now
In Colfax oount ) " about ten 1I11les north
of the line of the Union Pacific. the
IIno holng IL straight ono from where
It leaves the northweitorn corner of
the town , are abollt ten miles northeast -
east of North Dend , .md an equal dls.
tanco southwest of Scribner. Leavitt
Is passed nhout 11. ml\o \ to tllO north.
At Fremont. JUdge HOllenlJOck do-
elded the dl\'orco case of Corn G" KoU
agalnat Rov. J. I. . , KoU In fa\'or of the
pln.lnllrr , awarding her the custody of
tholr children. The court rovlowed the
evhlenco at some len th , He hold that.
the ovldenco sustaIned the plaintiff's
chnr es of cruelty , Rov. Ken Is In
good standing In UIO United Drothron
church.
At the mass meotlng held by UIO clt-
Ihens of Seward at the court house ,
laRt Thursdn ) ' night. In regard to the
nurllngton loavlng Seward four or fi\'o
mlles away f'Om the main IIno of the
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railroad , S"OOC 1CS were 1I1ado and 1\
commltteo of nine on conferrIng with
the railroad ol11clals was appoIntelt.
The Den\'er & Omaha railroad , which
Is RUp\1oBe1 \ ! to ho lho Rocle Isln.nd ,
Is IIIwlr to como tllt'tlllgh Seward soon.
Ord ' 1I1.S n candlllnto for a Carnoglo
medal. A 3.'ear.old son of Nols Johnson -
son CeU In an old well nearly sixty
feet deep. Ho was caught b ) ' 11. plat.
fern , heforo reaching the water and
hohl therobr till Daw IInrrls , who Is
worldn for Mr , Johnson , loweI'M n
rope ! lnd climbed d\vn , Ho put the
child on his shoulders and climbed to
the tOIl , using the rope and gottlng an
occn.slonal foothold on the rough sldos
of the woll.
A ga.ng of worle1l1en were put to work
In.st weele on the changes to ho mndo
In the Durllngton yards at Ashland.
The first work to ho do no Is the 1'0'
moval of 11. largo hill sonth of the sta.
tlon and the oxtenslon of the yarls to
11. (1Istanco of a mlle with added traele.
ago. 'l'hls will ho followed hy a com.
plete change In all the servlco build.
, Ings , the moving of the present sta.
. lion to be used as a frolgTlt : IOUSO the
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, creation of a new passenger depot , antI
the buildIng of a subway ,
Storllng Kn ) ' , the 7'ear.old son of
t 1\11' , n.nd Mrsr. , John < : ny. was Ilrownod
, In the J\ehorn \ river whllo fishing for
l minnows with II. dllnol. 'I'ho bo ; , ' lost
his balance and wont Into twentr feet
\ of wator. ,
. Jn.mos Wlltso of Rule was llclccd by
I \'Iclous horse and \orhalls \ fn.tnlly In.
jnred. ,106011h McDnnaltl , who lives
two mlles south of that. plnce , wns
Idcl\od dl : tJctlr over the heart also
whllo nltcJ.Dl'tlng' to lead II. vicious
horse frol11 the harn. It Is thought that
. three or four ribs are broleon and his
Injuries muy termlnatc ratul ! ) ' ,
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MAP SHOWINO LOCATION 0 F INDIAN
RESERVATIONS TO BE OPENED TO SETTLEMENT.
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The Shoshone or Wind rlvcr reserva-
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Uon Is in Wyomlni : und contains about
6.600 homesteads of 160 acres each : I
whllo the crow lands are In Montana I
and wll : accommodate about. the same
number
Registration officers for the Crow .
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Innds were open from Juno 14 to June
28. while the Shoshone reservation reg.
Istratlon wIll be fr0111 July 16 until
July :31. : The Shoshone drawing will
talee place at LandaI' , Wyo. . August 4 ,
whllo the Crow drawing occurred at
DlllInas. Mont. , July 2.
CHOLERA PEST BREAKS
OUT 'IN PHILIPPINES
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DISEASE IN MOST DEADLY FORM
REPORTED FROM ISLANDS-
-FORTY-ONE VICTIMS
THUS FAR.
Manlla.-CllOlcrn of 11. virulent
trpo has broleen out among the
natives of 1\Ianlla \ and Jurrouncllng
provinces. Four AmerIcans In Manila
have been strlcleen to date , and there
has been one death of an AmerIcan ,
that of Charles Sheehan. Twenty"ono
cllSes and 16 deaths were reported
Tuesday. The provinces report 26
cases and 25 deaths. The dlseaso Is
ono of the most deadl ) ' type.
The suburbs near Fort l\IcKlnle \ ) '
have been quarantined. There has
been one death Crom cholera among
the soldIers , that oC a cook , Christian
G. Dwight , of company C , SIxteenth
Infnntry. The health bureau Is tnlelng
every precaution to prevent the spread
of the disease.
A cIrcular has been distributed
nmong citizens , warning them of the
danger and requiring that precautions
bo taken. While the sItuation Is serious -
ous , the health officials do not loole
for an epidemic of great proportions.
The greatest dIfficulty Is experienced
In getting natives to report cases of
lclcness. The Filipinos Cear the
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health officials and conceal clLSes frol11
them , To this cause Is assigned the
aprend of the disease.
Former Outbreaks.
The last outbreak of cholel'a. In the
Phlllppine Islands occurred In August ,
1905 , when , from August 23 to October
14. 713 cases and 553 deaths were re-
ported. But the outbreak of 1905 WILS
insignificant when compared wIth that
of 1902 , when a total of 130,363 cases
wore reported and 82,955 deaths were
known to have occurred. But , It WILS
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stated nt the time , that the actual ! .
number of deaths WILS probably 20 per.
cent groater. During the epidemic of
1002 the populn.tlons of 111any of the
towns were heavily reduced through
deaths and the filght of the panlc-
strlcleon poople. l\1any \ of the dead
were loft unhurled for days , In spite
SAYS THAW MUST WAIT.
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District Attorney Jerome Will Show
No Favoritism In Matter
of Trial.
New York. - With the return or
DistrIct Atlonley Jerome from his
vacaUon In the country the In\'es-
UgaUon Into the ' ! 'haw-Wh\lo \ trug-
ody was gl\'en renewed Impetus
Monday. Attaches of the district at-
torney's office hud been engaged In
whipping Into shape the Inormatlon
concerning the case alrend ) ' at hand
and ever'thlng was In proparatlon to
be submitted to the chlor Ullon his
arrival. District. Attorney Jerome
. .aid that Ulere would bo no speedy
trial of Thaw. During the summer
vacation thel'o were only two pnrts
\n the general s sslons court In Res.
lion and 1\11' \ . Jerome belloves thn.t to
put a murder trial , which would prob.
ubly last two or three weelts , In the
talondar would bo unfair to at. least
50 or 60 lIeI' cent , o [ the other prls.
oners who hnve a prior claim to hn.v
their CD.BOO settled.
Cn.nndlUls Dent Drltons.
Henley , England.-Tl1o Argonaut. !
( Canada ) beat FIrst 'frlnlt ) ' . Calli'
rldgo , Monday , In the Ilrst heat fOJ
the grand challenge cup. Argonaut !
won al tel' 11. magnillcent race hy 11. bat' (
16n th. TIme. 7 minutes 20 seconds.
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Ate Poisoned Ohlclten.
CoI.bus , O.-Thlrty-two lloopio
who alO pressed chlcleen sandwIches 111
the Ladles' Aid llclet ) ' l11enle at Jor.
Dme W J'6 Iloisoned. 'I'ho cl1lcltons werc
AlIo ' d to stand two dara In tin re.
oeptn les before It was consumed.
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of the onorgotlc steps taken by the
government to combat the spread of
the dlselLSe and to care for the sick
and the dead. Surgeons and modlcmes
were sent to aU parts of the Islands ,
and natives were compelled to adopt
sanitary precautions.
Cholera , In a slight form , Is epidemic
In tht ! Philippines almost every year ,
but thn sanitary education of the nn-
tlves by the American authorItIes Is
gradual'y ! allevlatlng the conditions ,
and the 11recautlons tnken by the medIcal -
Ical authorities , blLSed on past experiences -
riences , arc regarded ILS being equal to
uny strain which may be placed upon
them.
ELEVEN MEN KILLED BY CARS
Loosened Drnkes Permits Coal Carrier -
rier to Speed Down Inclined Track
and Spread Death.
Altoona , Pa" July 4.-A runaway
mlno car , fl'lng lIlco the wInd down
a mlno branch track that rnns from
Puritan to Portage , just beCore mid"
night Tuesday. reaped II. Crlghtful harvest -
vest of eleven men Idlled and several
Injured.
The car had been left stnndlng near
Puritan when the mines closed , and
some mallclous person loosened the
brakes and permitted the car to speed
down the sharp Incline ,
The disaster happened on what Is
Imown as l\Iurtin's branch , a stretch
of tracle Cour miles long that acts ILS D
feeder Cor severnl mines that are lo.
cated between Portage and Purltnn ,
The car was stopped one mlle west
of Portage , but In the short space ot
three miles olo\'en mon were Instant.
Iy killed.
'I'ho car crashed Into 11. number of
cars standing on the track and wa
wreclwd ,
'fhe accident Is ono of the most pe.
cullar t at over occurred In tbo his.
tory of railroading In this section.
Moro lives hn.ve been snuffed out al
one tlmo upon the railroad , but no\el
have the deaths been so evenly dls
trlbuted. Lllco a juggernaut , the
wildly movIng car exacted Its toll of
death o\'ery few hundred feot.
FIRE RAZES NOTED CHURCH.
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Great Tower of St. 1'trtchnel , at Ham.
burg , Germany , Falls-Four
Men Killed.
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Hamburg.-Tho great church or
St. 1\lIchael , with Its tower dnd
spire 42G Ceet high , was destroyed by
fire Tuesday. The tower In falllng
cru hed severnl neighborIng houses
and they caught fire. Four workmen
who were repairIng the church were
lellled.
When the tower fell the many thou.
sands of spectators uttered In\'olun-
tary cries that , together. sounded lIIee
a \'ast sigh. 'rhe flames then blew
U(1 fiercelr and began to spread tCJ
adjoining houses , ' 1'ho fire department -
ment finally succeeded In obtaining
control of the fiames.
The church was one of the cltY'E
object of IIl'hle. It was largely of
hrlcle and was erected 011 the slto of
the ancient church which was hUrned
t In 1750 as the result of helng strucl <
by lightning ,
Army Ofilcer Ends Lite.
Mllnlla.-I.l ut. 'l'all1l1adgo II , Brerc.
ton , or the Second Illfantr ) ' , cornmll.
ted bucIlo ! ! b ) ' shooting hhniolr 111 thE
head at the Arm ) ' ulld Navy cluh , 11
Is belloved that nr t waR committed
while he WIIS tomWJt' lrlly Immne ,
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Tl'olley Cnr Dernollllhed ,
Now Alhany , Ind-AII oluctrlc CI1I
of the IlIghlullfl olwlrlc IIno ) llungec
over nn omlmnklllulil : m Cuut high MOil ,
) day Hlit1 IIvo IIIUlMOIlIOr were Injurcl
. NOllo of the IJIUlIIOIIJors lire fatnU3
hurt. ' 1'ho car wus demolished.
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GOVERNMENT RU CHEAPLY
TAWNEY T LLS WHAT MONEY
18 USED FOn.
Statement negardlng OongroSlllonal
Approprtntiotul 111 Ml1do
Public.
Wallhlnglon.- esenta.tlvo Taw.
noy. chnlrmln of the hou80 com.
mlttee on approprlnUonB. hIlS propnrod
( I. dotalled otatement concerning the
Appropriations Cor the flscal year bo-
, , ; Innlng .July 1. 1006. mnde by congrollll
during the session just closed. In which
\10 \ claIms Ihat. the per capltn. cost or
the [ 'overnl11cnt of the United 8tn.toll ,
mcludlng federal and state. Is lcss
han In au ) ' [ ; uropean state.
Mr. 'I'awne ) ' enter ; ; u)1on ) an nnnlyalq
o show the yarlous channels Into
which the lolnl appropriation of $880.-
183a01 will be dIverted. He boglns by
eductlng $130,45G,41ti pro\'lded for the i
'tlnkln Cund , the Panamn. canal , ote. . I .
5howlng that the renl approprlntlon tor
the conduct of the government for the
fiscal ) 'ear Is $740.72G,886. To meet thlll
'lemnnd he estlmales Ulat the total
revenues ( customs , Internal nnd post-
l ) will be $781,573,36.1. .
The appropriations IlS mn.de In the
vnrlous sU1 > pl ) ' bills are as ( ollows :
Agriculture , $0,032,0.10 ; n.rmy , $71.-
17,15 ( ; : dlplomntlc and consular , 3-
01,004 : District of Columbia , $10,138- !
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1iJ2 ! : fortifications. $5,053,093 : Indian ,
'O,2GO,400 : legls1ntl\'e , etc. , $29,741,019 :
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mllltnry Ilcademy. $1,664.708 : nn. . . , .
102,0i1.j50 ( : pension , $140,245,500 : post
pffice , $101,695,999 : sundry civil , $98-
0.74,574 , Total , $672,087,734 ,
IsthmIan canal deficiency bill. $11.-
1)00,000 ; urgent doflclency. 1906 and
prIor years , $16,270,332 ; urgent de -
'Clency. ' adlltlonnl , 1006 and prIor
'Years ' , $274,0251 ; deficIency 1906 and
prIor Yl'nrs. $ l1,57aOR9 ,
'fotul regular annual approprfatlons.
U40,076,320. Grand totnl regular and
permanent annual proprlatioDB ,
$880,183,301 . ,
The aggregate approprIation Is $60-
POOOUO In excess of that Cor last. year.
Of the varlol1s increases , that of $3-
050.21 0 Is made on account of meat. In-
' 3pectlon : $1,420,533 on nccount of the
army ; $068,046 , to carry the now consular -
sular Inw Into effect : $1,734,970 on account -
count of the navy : $1,905,400 on 11C -
count of pensions : $10,673,005 on account -
count of the post ol11co dopartment. of
which $3,030,000 WILS for rural 'froo de-
livery. Of the approprIations made.
about $31,000,000 was unestlmated for.
I cl ded In this list were the followIng -
Ing : $10,250,000 carrIed In the statehood -
hood act ; $1,000,000 for arming and
equipping the militia , $2,500,000 on account -
count of the earthqualcc and fire at
Snn FrD.I1clsco , $500,000 on account ot
the new quarantine law. $10,231,600 on
account of public buIldings.
, THREE KILLED BY BLAST.
: Exposlon of Gas in Mine at Keystone ,
W. Vn. , Cn.USOII Death-Sevel'al
Men Missing.
Keystone , W. Va.-As the result
of 11. premnturo explosIon In amino
here throe mon were lellled out.
right nd a number are still missing.
; Bud Meadows , Edward Howard and
William 1\1ahon were passing through
an entrr , which had been abandoned
for lOme time , when the glLS Ignited
trom their lamps and all three were
Jdlled. A number of men in other
parts ot the mIne were Injured , prob-
nbly fatally.
The force of the explosion WILS terrIfic -
rIfic , and severnl of the parties formed
tor the rescue of the ( ew miners Im-
prlsoaed were ov rcome by gas. This
Is the fourth explosion within a year
In the Pocahontas l1elds.
Panic Under Circus Tent.
Aurora , IIl-Ten thousand people
were thrown Into a wild panic FrI-
Iay art01noon durIng the performance -
ance 01 Rlngllng Bros. ' circus In this
city when a violent and sudden wInd
t'torm 'partly wrecked the main tent.
Swinging quarter poles , lIfted from
the ground by the swayIng canvas ,
mewed down people In scores from
their seats" Ono man was Instantly
lelUed-a cripple , who WILS unable to
save himself-another mnn died ot
rlght as he hurried from the scene or
terror with his family , and seven per-
lions were Injured ,
Match Hend Ignites Powder.
Corry , Pa-Whllo cleaning a to7
pannon In his 110royard WIUl his two
children about him , Irvin 1\Ianloy \ was
f.Jurned by II. powder oxploslon Monday
and the two boys , ten and eight years
I old. are In a critical candltIon. A enn
of powder \"n.'l stn.ndlng near the trio
I f\nd the head of a match flew err when
It WILS strucle , falUng Into the powder.
Mr. Manley had his hall' burned err ,
the ho's' Caces were tilled wIth pow-
I dol' and they sustained severe burns.
Dank Is Closed.
Homestead , Pa-Tho Corelgn bank
of 1\1. \ Knscmar Co. ( ailed to open Its
doors Monday and nearly 20 Oexclted
r foreigners gathered In front. of the
,
bank clamoring f01" their money. The
I 1l1leg (1 ( disappearance of the eashle ! '
and a reported shortage of from $7,000
to $12,000 0.1'0 given ns the causes fro
the suspension ,
Freight Trains Collide.
: \Iobllo , Ala-A rOb'1llar nnd an extrn
frleght'trnln on the Mobile , Jncleson &
Kansas City rullroad mot , collided
hend-on Monday two miles south or
, Newton , : \ijss , . stllllShlng both engines
and Itllllng the two firemen.
Houses Tumble Into River.
Imlll'rlal. ' : Cal.-At Mexlcnll. a total
of 26 hOuses , mainly adobe. have tumbled -
bled Into the New rlvor to dato. 'I'he
river Is slcadlly rIsIng , reaching on
toward Cnlexlco , Merchants are be.
J.lnnlng : to leave ,
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WAR FOR BRITAIN
ENGLAND MUST PREPARE FOR
CONFLICT SOON.
THE SITUATION NOW IN EGYPT
Sensational Speech In Parliament by
Sir Edward Grey-Attnck on Brit.
Ish Officers at Tantab Was Not Ac-
cIdental.
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LONDON - Parllam mt and the \ r
country were gl\'en ( I. surprise by 11. tk > i
Iensatlonal ! speech by Sir Edwn.rd'f. ' . .
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Groy. the foreign secretary , on the .
situation In Egypt. An Interesting
debate on Corelgn nffalrs had been an.
tlclpated when the house of commons
too Ie up the foreign estimates. but on
account of Russia and the Congo
rather than Egypt. Olher subjects ,
howover. were temporarily shelved
when the h01lso renllzed the momen.
lous character of Ell' Edward Orey's
dellveranco with regard to Egypt. "
Spealclng In n solemn tone and amid
11. ten so silence , the mlnlstor declared
that the receut allaclts on DrItish om. l I
,
cers at 'ran tab were not accldenln.l , ) l
but a dellborato mnnlfestatlon of the , . .
fanatlcnl spirit which had ne essltated'
the strengthenlg of the garrIson in '
Egypt. and declared that unless the l'
authorIty of Lord Cromor and the
gyptlan government WI1S strongly .
upheld it might lead to fl situation requirIng -
quirIng the adoption or stern moas. 1
ures. If
With regavd to the proposed visit
of a Drltlsh fieet to Cronstadt. tho.
the ( orelgn secretary sad ho Celt as. I
sured thnt th\ > . . central govenlmont of
Russia WIlS n'llUlOr aware ot nor had ?
connived at the recent unCortunato
occurrences. No interference from
the outside would strengthen a reform
party , but rather reactionarIes or rev-
olutionists. '
As II. DrlUsh fleet was In the Daltlc j
last year and had not visited Russian .
ports It would bo romarI.tLQlo if a. fieot :
should not do so thIs year. Ho hoped -
the usual civilities would 110 oosorvea.
The fieet would go entirely without
reference to Ruhsln.n Internal affairs. \
It would bo imposslblo to maleo n. .
change now without giving rlso to the
suspicion that Great Drhaln was talc- '
Ing sides. The vIsit would be In n.
frIendly spirit , to pay compliments to.
Emperor NIcholas and th& Russian na-
tion.
Sir Edward said he could not ImagIne - j -
Ine the Russian parliament InterpretIng - '
Ing the visIt as talt1ng sides.
Roosevelt and Bry < tn Invited.
DENVER-Invitations were extend.
ed to Theodo"e Roosev ( lt , presldont
of the United States , Ilnd William J.
Br'an to allend the sixteenth nnnual
convention < , f the Internntlonal
League of PreC3 Clubs , which w1l1 l
meet In this city from August 27 to ,
September 1. 1\11' . Roosevelt is being
} :
urged to attend not as prosldent , but "
as an author , and Mr , En'an as an ,
editor and publisher.
Peace for Little States. t/ " \ + I
W ASHINGTON-Agah : the United ( 'j
States wIll probably figurc as 11. peace-
maker. Guatemala and Sah'ador are
making oyortures for the arbItratIon
of their troubles , resulting from the
alleged activit ) . of Sal\'ador In support
of the revolutionary movement
against PresIdent Cablera of Guatemala -
mala , and It Is llkeI } ' that the United
States wIll bo selected us the country
In which the board of arbitration will
meet. _ {
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Travelers Wal1t President.
NEW YORK-WIlliam Hogo. presl-
: lent of the Commercal ! Travelers'
AnU.Tnlst. leal1uo ; , has sent a letter to
President Roosevelt aslclng Mr. Roose-
\'elt to preside at the reception to bo r'
tendered WIlliam J. DrYltll In this city
upon his arrIval Crom Europe enrly In
September.
CHOLERA IN ITS WORST FORM
Twenty.three Deaths Reported , with
Twenty.nlne Cases In Manila.
W ASHINGTON-Tbo War depart :
mont was advlsod of thp vIrulent outbreak -
break oC cholera In Manila. For the
weel { ending July 4 there were 116
cn.ses and 99 deaths. For the twenty.
tour hours ending at 8 o'clock on the
morning of July 6 there were twelve
cases ! lnd five deaths In the provInces.
During the sarno period In Manila
there were twentnlne cases nd
twontr.three deaths.
Corporal Commits Suicide.
JUNCTION CITY , Kan.-Corporal _
T. Redder of Troop A. ThIrteenth !
cavalry , stationed at FOlt Rlloy , committed -
mitted sulcldo 111 this city. WIth n
party of soldiers ho came to town
from the post to hear tl10 band can-
Ol't In the city parle , n.nd during tile
'ast selection plared b ) ' the band ox-
cllsed hlmsolf from his comrades ,
waneed up to the light near the band.
sland In front of the largo crowd.
, lrew II. revolver and blow his brains
out. Ho died Immediately. Ho was
twelve yuars with the l ngllsh army.
New Star In Flag Next Year.
W ASHINGTON-Aflor consultation - \
between Quartermaster Gene1'l11 Hum-
phre's and Admiral Cowles , chief of
the equipment bureau of the Navy de.
partment , the two Omt'Ors who are
chargell with the maldng nnll IssuIng
of the natlonnl fiags to the army and' '
narespectlvoly , It has been do.
-Ided that the ndmlfslon Into the
mlon of states of Oklahoma shall bo
recorded Ilf the nddltlon of a star rn i
the blue field ot the flag 111aced at the
lower "rlght.hallll corne. . , It wIll first 'd . , . 1
appear July 1. 1907. 1
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